Rules of Holes #1: Stop Digging
You may have heard of the 'First Rule of Holes'. It goes something like this: " When you suspect you might...
2012-11-12
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Blog Posts
Rules of Holes #1: Stop Digging
You may have heard of the 'First Rule of Holes'. It goes something like this: " When you suspect you might be in a hole, stop digging. " That...
2012-11-12
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Rules of Holes #1: Stop Digging
You may have heard of the 'First Rule of Holes'. It goes something like this: " When you suspect you might be in a hole, stop digging. " That...
2012-11-12
18 reads
Site Update–SQL Server Health Check
Here at gethynellis.com we offer a range of consulting services to help you manage and maintain your SQL Server environment,...
2012-11-12
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Summit 2012 is over, but not forgotten
What a whirlwind last week was. There were so many sessions to attend and only one of me. I needed...
2012-11-12
743 reads
Surface Problems With Azure
I’ve been posting about the Surface over the last couple of weeks and I’ve tried really hard to be positive...
2012-11-12
998 reads
Time Trial sys.dm_exec_query_plan vs sys.dm_exec_sql_text
I’ve been working on a way to test performance usage on a server by database. I started out using sys.dm_exec_query_stats...
2012-11-12
1,715 reads
T-SQL Window Functions on LessThanDot and at SQL Saturday 149
Reblogged from Data on Wheels - Steve Hughes: I recently completed a series of blog posts on www.lessthandot.com on T-SQL Window...
2012-11-12
627 reads
Why SQL Server Named Instance connect without specifying instance name ?
Issue :
Today Evening, I was just about to leave the office and at same time I got a call from...
2012-11-12
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Deal of the Week
Occasionally I come across offers and deals that may be of interest to some of my readers. When I come...
2012-11-11
761 reads
Blogs
Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments–Day of Data Boston
By Steve Jones
Here are the resources for my talk at Day of Data Boston. Slides –...
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Forums
Azure SQL Database Event Log Limitations
Hi, Do you know if there is a way to get more detailed logging...
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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